At 7:58 AM +0100 8/4/05, Paul Howarth wrote: >On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 12:36 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: ... >> In such cases, a more explicit error message would be very helpful. >> Something like "Multi-lib support conflict (.i386 package <foo-version1> >> vs. .x86_64 package <foor-version2>):", followed by the conflicts. > >I suspect that this error message comes directly from rpm rather than >from yum. Although it's quite easy to diagnose this issue once you've >seen it a few times, I think it could be made much more obvious simply >by adding the arch information where the conflicting packages are of >different architectures: > >file /usr/bin/mozilla from install of mozilla-1.7.10-1.5.1.x86_64 >conflicts with file from package mozilla-1.7.8-2.i386 > >Worth a bugzilla RFE perhaps? Probably. Would it be appropriate for me to submit a request for a feature I have no present need for? (Sure, someday I'll need it, when I buy an x64 system.) ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
